hole

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• Received-Pronunciation: /həʊl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [hɔʊɫ]
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• /hɒl/ doll–dole merger
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /hɐʉl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [hɔʊɫ]
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• General-American: /hoʊl/
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• General-American: [hoɫ]
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• Canada: [hoːɫ]
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• Scotland: /hol/
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• Scotland: [hoɫ]
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• rhymes with -əʊl
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• homophone: whole
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• CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Various origins: * English topographic surname for someone who lived by a depression, from Old English holh (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulwī, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją. * Borrowed from Norwegian Hole, a habitational surname from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”). * Shortened form of Dutch van Hole, a habitational surname from hol (“hole, depression, cavity”).

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hulaz Proto-Germanic *hulą Proto-West Germanic *hol Old English hol Middle English hole English hole Inherited from Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”), noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”), which is of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to hollow. Cognate with Dutch, Faroese, and Icelandic hol (“hole”), Danish hul (“hole”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norn hola (“hole”), Norwegian Bokmål hol (“depression, hole, cavern”), Swedish hål (“hole”), French houle (“swell of water”). Compare unrelated Finnish kolo (“hole”).

500 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vrimë — hollow in some surface
• Aleut: hunax̂ — hollow in some surface
• Aleut: tatax̂ — hollow in some surface
• Southern Altai: тежик (težik) — hollow in some surface
• Southern Altai: јыртык (ǰïrtïk) — hollow in some surface
• Western Apache: o'i'án — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: ثَقْب (ṯaqb) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: حُفْرة (ḥufra) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: حرق (ḥarʔ) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: خرم (ḵurm) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: خُرْق (ḵurg) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: خُرْم (ḵurm) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: فَتْحة (fatḥa) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: حُفرة (ḥufra) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: ثُقْب (ṯugb) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: خرم (ḵurm) — hollow in some surface
• Arabic: خزق (ḵuzq) — hollow in some surface
• Aragonese: forau — hollow in some surface
• Armenian: անցք (ancʻkʻ) — hollow in some surface
• Armenian: ծակ (cak) — hollow in some surface
• Aromanian: gavrã — hollow in some surface
• Aromanian: guvã — hollow in some surface
• Assamese: গাঁত (gãt) — hollow in some surface
• Assamese: ফুটা (phuta) — hollow in some surface
• Asturian: furacu — hollow in some surface
• Asturian: buracu — hollow in some surface
• Asturian: fueyu — hollow in some surface
• Azerbaijani: deşik — hollow in some surface
• Azerbaijani: dəlik — hollow in some surface
• Bangi: libela — hollow in some surface
• Bashkir: батынҡы урын (batınqı urın) — hollow in some surface
• Bashkir: соҡор (soqor) — hollow in some surface
• Belarusian: дзі́рка (dzírka) — hollow in some surface
• Bengali: গর্ত (gorto) — hollow in some surface
• Bhojpuri: छेद (chēd) — hollow in some surface
• Bulgarian: ду́пка (dúpka) — hollow in some surface
• Bulgarian: я́ма (jáma) — hollow in some surface
• Burmese: တွင်း (twang:) — hollow in some surface
• Catalan: forat — hollow in some surface
• Chechen: ӏуьрг (ˀürg) — hollow in some surface
• Cherokee: ᎠᏔᎴᏒᎢ (atalesvi) — hollow in some surface
• Chinese Cantonese: 窿 (lung1) — hollow in some surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 孔 (kǒng) — hollow in some surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 洞 (dòng) — hollow in some surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 穴 (xué) — hollow in some surface
• West Circassian: абан (aban) — hollow in some surface
• West Circassian: гъуанэ (ğwanɛ) — hollow in some surface
• Corsican: tufone — hollow in some surface
• Crimean Tatar: teşik — hollow in some surface
• Czech: díra — hollow in some surface
• Old Czech: dúpě — hollow in some surface
• Danish: hul — hollow in some surface
• Dutch: gaatje — hollow in some surface
• Dutch: gat — hollow in some surface
• Dutch: holletje — hollow in some surface
• Dutch: opening — hollow in some surface
• Egyptian: q:r-r:*t-N33 (qrrt) — hollow in some surface
• Erzya: варя (vaŕa) — hollow in some surface
• Esperanto: truo — hollow in some surface
• Estonian: auk — hollow in some surface
• Evenki: саңар — hollow in some surface
• Faroese: hol — hollow in some surface
• Finnish: kuoppa — hollow in some surface
• Finnish: kolo — hollow in some surface
• French: creux — hollow in some surface
• French: trou — hollow in some surface
• Saterland Frisian: Gat — hollow in some surface
• Galician: burato — hollow in some surface
• Galician: buraco — hollow in some surface
• Galician: pía — hollow in some surface
• Galician: foca — hollow in some surface
• Georgian: ნახვრეტი (naxvreṭi) — hollow in some surface
• Georgian: ხვრელი (xvreli) — hollow in some surface
• German: Loch — hollow in some surface
• German: Grube — hollow in some surface
• German: Grübchen — hollow in some surface
• German: Mulde — hollow in some surface
• German: Vertiefung — hollow in some surface
• German: Kerbe — hollow in some surface
• Greek: τρύπα (trýpa) — hollow in some surface
• Greek: οπή (opí) — hollow in some surface
• Ancient Greek: ὀπή (opḗ) — hollow in some surface
• Ancient Greek: τρύπη (trúpē) — hollow in some surface
• Ancient Greek: τρύπημα (trúpēma) — hollow in some surface
• Ancient Greek: βόθρος (bóthros) — hollow in some surface
• Greenlandic: putu — hollow in some surface
• Hebrew: חור \ חֹר (khor) — hollow in some surface
• Hindi: छेद (ched) — hollow in some surface
• Hindi: छिद्र (chidra) — hollow in some surface
• White Hmong: qhov — hollow in some surface
• Hungarian: lyuk — hollow in some surface
• Icelandic: hola — hollow in some surface
• Ido: truo — hollow in some surface
• Ilocano: abut — hollow in some surface
• Indonesian: lubang — hollow in some surface
• Ingrian: reikä — hollow in some surface
• Ingrian: uuttu — hollow in some surface
• Ingush: ӏург (ˀurg) — hollow in some surface
• Irish: poll — hollow in some surface
• Italian: buco — hollow in some surface
• Italian: pertugio — hollow in some surface
• Italian: foro — hollow in some surface
• Italian: cunicolo — hollow in some surface
• Italian: fessura — hollow in some surface
• Japanese: 穴 (ana) — hollow in some surface
• Kapampangan: busbus — hollow in some surface
• Karachay-Balkar: тешик (teşik) — hollow in some surface
• Karaim: tiešik — hollow in some surface
• Kaurna: yapa — hollow in some surface
• Kazakh: тесік (tesık) — hollow in some surface
• Kazakh: жыртық (jyrtyq) — hollow in some surface
• Khakas: тизік (tizìk) — hollow in some surface
• Khmer: រូង (ruung) — hollow in some surface
• Khmer: រន្ធ (rŭən) — hollow in some surface
• Kikuyu: irima — hollow in some surface
• Korean: 구멍 (gumeong) — hollow in some surface
• Kumyk: тешик (teşik) — hollow in some surface
• Central Kurdish: چاڵ (çall) — hollow in some surface
• Northern Kurdish: kun — hollow in some surface
• Kyrgyz: тешик (teşik) — hollow in some surface
• Ladino: foyo — hollow in some surface
• Lao: ຂຸມ (khum) — hollow in some surface
• Lao: ຮູ (hū) — hollow in some surface
• Latin: cavum — hollow in some surface
• Latin: forāmen — hollow in some surface
• Latin: fovea — hollow in some surface
• Latin: lacūna — hollow in some surface
• Latvian: bedre — hollow in some surface
• Latvian: dobums — hollow in some surface
• Lingala: libúlú — hollow in some surface
• Lingala: libela — hollow in some surface
• Lithuanian: duobė — hollow in some surface
• Lombard: bus — hollow in some surface
• Macedonian: дупка (dupka) — hollow in some surface
• Malay: lubang — hollow in some surface
• Malayalam: തുള (tuḷa) — hollow in some surface
• Malayalam: ദ്വാരം (dvāraṁ) — hollow in some surface
• Malayalam: ഓട്ട (ōṭṭa) — hollow in some surface
• Malayalam: സുഷിരം (suṣiraṁ) — hollow in some surface
• Manx: towl — hollow in some surface
• Māori: poka — hollow in some surface
• Eastern Mari: аҥ (aŋ) — hollow in some surface
• Mongolian: нүх (nüx) — hollow in some surface
• Mongolian: ᠨᠦᠬᠡ (nüke) — hollow in some surface
• Nanai: сангар (saŋar) — hollow in some surface
• Nogai: тесик (tesik) — hollow in some surface
• Norn: gad — hollow in some surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: hull — hollow in some surface
• Occitan: trauc — hollow in some surface
• Odia: ଛିଦ୍ର (chidra) — hollow in some surface
• Church Slavic: дира (dira) — hollow in some surface
• Old English: þȳrel — hollow in some surface
• Old Prussian: prālī — hollow in some surface
• Pashto: سورى (suráy, sóray) — hollow in some surface
• Pashto: بغره (baǧára) — hollow in some surface
• Pashto: غار (ǧār) — hollow in some surface
• Pashto: منفذ (manfáz) — hollow in some surface
• Iranian Persian: سوراخ (surâx) — hollow in some surface
• Plautdietsch: Loch (nds) — hollow in some surface
• Polabian: dară — hollow in some surface
• Polish: dziura — hollow in some surface
• Portuguese: buraco — hollow in some surface
• Portuguese: oco — hollow in some surface
• Punjabi: ਮੋਰੀ (morī) — hollow in some surface
• Punjabi: ਮੋਰਾ (morā) — hollow in some surface
• Quechua: t'uqu — hollow in some surface
• Romanian: gaură — hollow in some surface
• Russian: впа́дина (vpádina) — hollow in some surface
• Russian: я́ма (jáma) — hollow in some surface
• Skolt-Sami: kååʹpp — hollow in some surface
• Samoan: lua — hollow in some surface
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀твор — hollow in some surface
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̏па — hollow in some surface
• Serbo-Croatian: òtvor — hollow in some surface
• Serbo-Croatian: rȕpa — hollow in some surface
• Shor: тежик (težik) — hollow in some surface
• Sicilian: pirtusu — hollow in some surface
• Sicilian: purtusu — hollow in some surface
• Sicilian: bucu — hollow in some surface
• Slovak: diera — hollow in some surface
• Slovene: luknja — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: hoyo — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: pozo — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: buraco — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: huraco — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: hura — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: hurera — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: hoya — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: socava — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: alcorque — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: cavia — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: buco — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: potro — hollow in some surface
• Spanish: cepa — hollow in some surface
• Old Spanish: foyo — hollow in some surface
• Sranan Tongo: olo — hollow in some surface
• Swedish: hål — hollow in some surface
• Tagalog: butas — hollow in some surface
• Tajik: сурох (surox) — hollow in some surface
• Tamil: ஓட்டை (ōṭṭai) — hollow in some surface
• Tatar: чокыр (çoqır) — hollow in some surface
• Tatar: батынкылык (batınqılıq) — hollow in some surface
• Tewa: pho — hollow in some surface
• Thai: หลุม (lǔm) — hollow in some surface
• Thai: รู (ruu) — hollow in some surface
• Tibetan: ཁུང་བུ (khung bu) — hollow in some surface
• Tibetan: ས་དོང (sa dong) — hollow in some surface
• Tocharian B: kāre — hollow in some surface
• Tofa: дэлік (delik) — hollow in some surface
• Turkish: çukur — hollow in some surface
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقور (çukur) — hollow in some surface
• Turkmen: deşik — hollow in some surface
• Tuvan: дежик (dejik) — hollow in some surface
• Ukrainian: ді́рка (dírka) — hollow in some surface
• Unami: òlèk — hollow in some surface
• Urdu: چھید (ched) — hollow in some surface
• Urum: тэшик (tešik) — hollow in some surface
• Uyghur: تۆشۈك (töshük) — hollow in some surface
• Uzbek: teshik — hollow in some surface
• Uzbek: tuynuk — hollow in some surface
• Venetan: bus — hollow in some surface
• Vietnamese: lỗ — hollow in some surface
• Vilamovian: łöch — hollow in some surface
• Volapük: hog — hollow in some surface
• Yakut: хайаҕас (qayağas) — hollow in some surface
• Yiddish: לאָך (lokh) — hollow in some surface
• Zazaki: qul — hollow in some surface
• Zhuang: congh — hollow in some surface
• Southern Altai: тежик (težik) — a through opening
• Arabic: ثَقْب (ṯaqb) — a through opening
• Arabic: حُفْرة (ḥufra) — a through opening
• Armenian: անցք (ancʻkʻ) — a through opening
• Armenian: ծակ (cak) — a through opening
• Aromanian: gavrã — a through opening
• Bashkir: тишек (tişek) — a through opening
• Breton: toull — a through opening
• Bulgarian: ду́пка (dúpka) — a through opening
• Catalan: forat — a through opening
• Chinese Cantonese: 窿 (lung1) — a through opening
• West Circassian: абан (aban) — a through opening
• West Circassian: гъуанэ (ğwanɛ) — a through opening
• Cornish: toll — a through opening
• Czech: díra — a through opening
• Danish: hul — a through opening
• Dutch: holte — a through opening
• Dutch: gat — a through opening
• Dutch: opening — a through opening
• Erzya: варя (vaŕa) — a through opening
• Esperanto: truo — a through opening
• Finnish: reikä — a through opening
• Finnish: aukko — a through opening
• French: trou — a through opening
• Galician: buraco — a through opening
• Galician: burato — a through opening
• German: Loch — a through opening
• German: Öffnung — a through opening
• German: Riss — a through opening
• Greek: τρύπα (trýpa) — a through opening
• Greek: οπή (opí) — a through opening
• Ancient Greek: ὀπή (opḗ) — a through opening
• Ancient Greek: τρύπη (trúpē) — a through opening
• Hindi: छेद (ched) — a through opening
• Hungarian: lyuk — a through opening
• Icelandic: hola — a through opening
• Icelandic: gat — a through opening
• Ido: truo — a through opening
• Irish: poll — a through opening
• Italian: buco — a through opening
• Japanese: 穴 (ana) — a through opening
• Khmer: រូង (ruung) — a through opening
• Central Kurdish: کون (kun) — a through opening
• Northern Kurdish: kun — a through opening
• Latin: forāmen — a through opening
• Latin: apertūra — a through opening
• Latin: hiātus — a through opening
• Latvian: caurums — a through opening
• Lithuanian: skylė — a through opening
• Lithuanian: anga — a through opening
• Lithuanian: kiaurymė — a through opening
• Malay: lubang — a through opening
• Malayalam: ദ്വാരം (dvāraṁ) — a through opening
• Marathi: भोक (bhok) — a through opening
• Eastern Mari: аҥ (aŋ) — a through opening
• Nogai: тесик (tesik) — a through opening
• Norwegian: hol — a through opening
• Norwegian Bokmål: hull — a through opening
• Occitan: trauc — a through opening
• Plautdietsch: Loch (nds) — a through opening
• Polish: otwór — a through opening
• Portuguese: buraco — a through opening
• Romanian: gaură — a through opening
• Russian: отве́рстие (otvérstije) — a through opening
• Russian: ды́рка (dýrka) — a through opening
• Russian: дыра́ (dyrá) — a through opening
• Slovene: luknja — a through opening
• Spanish: agujero — a through opening
• Spanish: hueco — a through opening
• Spanish: abertura — a through opening
• Spanish: portillo — a through opening
• Spanish: horado — a through opening
• Spanish: forado — a through opening
• Spanish: tronera — a through opening
• Spanish: buhedera — a through opening
• Spanish: bufarda — a through opening
• Spanish: roto — a through opening
• Swedish: hål — a through opening
• Tatar: тишек (tişek) — a through opening
• Turkish: delik — a through opening
• Venetan: bus — a through opening
• Volapük: hog — a through opening
• Welsh: twll — a through opening
• Bulgarian: сла́бост (slábost) — weakness, flaw
• Czech: kaz — weakness, flaw
• Danish: hul — weakness, flaw
• Dutch: gat — weakness, flaw
• Dutch: leemte — weakness, flaw
• Dutch: zwakke plek — weakness, flaw
• Finnish: aukko — weakness, flaw
• Italian: falla — weakness, flaw
• Italian: crepa — weakness, flaw
• Italian: debolezza — weakness, flaw
• Japanese: 穴 (ana) — weakness, flaw
• Latin: lacūna — weakness, flaw
• Latin: vitium — weakness, flaw
• Polish: słaby punkt — weakness, flaw
• Portuguese: furo — weakness, flaw
• Russian: сла́бое ме́сто (sláboje mésto) — weakness, flaw
• Russian: дыра́ (dyrá) — weakness, flaw
• Russian: слабина́ (slabiná) — weakness, flaw
• Russian: сла́бость (slábostʹ) — weakness, flaw
• Slovene: luknja — weakness, flaw
• Swedish: hål — weakness, flaw
• Ukrainian: слабина́ (slabyná) — weakness, flaw
• Finnish: kolo — container
• Italian: buca — container
• Polish: wykop — container
• Bulgarian: ду́пка (dúpka) — lack of an electron
• Chinese Mandarin: 空穴 (kǒngxué, kǒngxuè) — lack of an electron
• Chinese Mandarin: 電洞 /电洞 (diàndòng) — lack of an electron
• Danish: hul — lack of an electron
• Finnish: aukko — lack of an electron
• French: trou — lack of an electron
• German: Mangelelektron — lack of an electron
• Italian: lacuna — lack of an electron
• Italian: lacuna elettronica — lack of an electron
• Polish: dziura — lack of an electron
• Portuguese: buraco — lack of an electron
• Portuguese: lacuna — lack of an electron
• Russian: ды́рка (dýrka) — lack of an electron
• Swedish: hål — lack of an electron
• Ukrainian: ді́рка (dírka) — lack of an electron
• Bulgarian: про́бив (próbiv) — security vulnerability
• Czech: slabina — security vulnerability
• Danish: sikkerhedshul — security vulnerability
• Dutch: gat — security vulnerability
• Dutch: leemte — security vulnerability
• Finnish: aukko — security vulnerability
• French: faille — security vulnerability
• Galician: buraco — security vulnerability
• Galician: fallo — security vulnerability
• Italian: falla — security vulnerability
• Portuguese: furo — security vulnerability
• Portuguese: brecha — security vulnerability
• Russian: лазе́йка (lazéjka) — security vulnerability
• Russian: дыра́ (dyrá) — security vulnerability
• Slovene: luknja — security vulnerability
• Spanish: agujero — security vulnerability
• Spanish: fallo — security vulnerability
• Ukrainian: ді́рка (dírka) — security vulnerability
• Bulgarian: отво́р (otvór) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Danish: hul — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Dutch: lichaamsholte — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Finnish: reikä — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• French: trou — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Galician: buraco — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Galician: burato — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• German: Loch — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Greek: τρύπα (trýpa) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Irish: poll — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Irish: oscailt — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Irish: cuas — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Irish: gola — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Italian: orifizio — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Italian: pertugio — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Italian: cavità — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Latin: forāmen — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Latin: ōs — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Latin: hiātus — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Malayalam: ദ്വാരം (dvāraṁ) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Polish: otwór — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Portuguese: buraco — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Portuguese: orifício — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Portuguese: forame — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Russian: отве́рстие (otvérstije) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Russian: очко́ (očkó) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Russian: лу́нка (lúnka) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Slovene: luknja — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Spanish: orificio — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Ukrainian: ді́́рка (dí́rka) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Ukrainian: очко́ (očkó) — orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)
• Bulgarian: ка́рцер (kárcer) — place where a prisoner is kept
• Dutch: de put — place where a prisoner is kept
• Dutch: vergeetput — place where a prisoner is kept
• Dutch: bajes — place where a prisoner is kept
• Dutch: lik — place where a prisoner is kept
• Dutch: nor — place where a prisoner is kept
• Finnish: pytty — place where a prisoner is kept
• French: trou — place where a prisoner is kept
• French: mitard — place where a prisoner is kept
• German: Loch — place where a prisoner is kept
• Italian: cella di isolamento — place where a prisoner is kept
• Polish: karcer — place where a prisoner is kept
• Polish: dołek — place where a prisoner is kept
• Portuguese: solitária — place where a prisoner is kept
• Russian: ка́рцер (kárcer) — place where a prisoner is kept
• Russian: я́ма (jáma) — place where a prisoner is kept
• Russian: холо́дная (xolódnaja) — place where a prisoner is kept
• Russian: подва́л (podvál) — place where a prisoner is kept
• Slovene: luknja — place where a prisoner is kept
• Ukrainian: холо́дна (xolódna) — place where a prisoner is kept
• Ukrainian: ка́рцер (kárcer) — place where a prisoner is kept
• Bulgarian: ду́пка (dúpka) — undesirable place
• Czech: díra — undesirable place
• Dutch: de put — undesirable place
• Dutch: zwart gat — undesirable place
• Finnish: loukko — undesirable place
• German: Loch — undesirable place
• Greek: τρύπα (trýpa) — undesirable place
• Hebrew: חֹר (ẖor) — undesirable place
• Hebrew: חור (ẖor) — undesirable place
• Italian: buco — undesirable place
• Italian: cesso — undesirable place
• Latin: tugurium — undesirable place
• Latin: gurgustium — undesirable place
• Polish: dziura — undesirable place
• Polish: nora — undesirable place
• Polish: rudera — undesirable place
• Portuguese: buraco — undesirable place
• Portuguese: choça — undesirable place
• Russian: дыра́ (dyrá) — undesirable place
• Russian: захолу́стье (zaxolústʹje) — undesirable place
• Slovene: luknja — undesirable place
• Spanish: zulo — undesirable place
• Spanish: tugurio — undesirable place
• Spanish: covacha — undesirable place
• Spanish: cuartucho — undesirable place
• Spanish: tabuco — undesirable place
• Spanish: zaquizamí — undesirable place
• Spanish: chamizo — undesirable place
• Spanish: cuchitril — undesirable place
• Spanish: cochitril — undesirable place
• Swedish: håla — undesirable place
• Ukrainian: діра́ (dirá) — undesirable place
• Ukrainian: захолу́стя (zaxolústja) — undesirable place
• Bulgarian: ду́пка (dúpka) — portion of a game of golf
• Catalan: forat — portion of a game of golf
• Czech: jamka — portion of a game of golf
• Danish: hul — portion of a game of golf
• Dutch: hole — portion of a game of golf
• Finnish: reikä — portion of a game of golf
• Polish: dołek — portion of a game of golf
• Portuguese: buraco — portion of a game of golf
• Slovene: luknja — portion of a game of golf
• Spanish: hoyo — portion of a game of golf
• Swedish: hål — portion of a game of golf
• Arabic: تقب (tqəb) — make holes
• Bashkir: тишеү (tişew) — make holes
• Bulgarian: пробивам (probivam) — make holes
• Catalan: foradar — make holes
• Danish: lave hul — make holes
• Danish: slå hul — make holes
• Danish: punktere — make holes
• Dutch: doorboren — make holes
• Dutch: doorzeven — make holes
• Finnish: läpäistä — make holes
• Finnish: rei’ittää — make holes
• Finnish: tehdä reikä — make holes
• French: trouer — make holes
• Galician: esfuracar — make holes
• Galician: furar — make holes
• German: lochen — make holes
• Icelandic: gera gat á — make holes
• Portuguese: esburacar — make holes
• Russian: дыря́вить (dyrjávitʹ) — make holes
• Russian: продыря́вить (prodyrjávitʹ) — make holes
• Russian: продырявливать (prodyrjávlivat') — make holes
• Swedish: göra hål — make holes
• Swedish: slå hål — make holes
• Swedish: punktera — make holes
• Ukrainian: дірявти (dirjavty) — make holes
• Ukrainian: дзюра́вити (dzjurávyty) — make holes
• Ukrainian: продзюра́влювати (prodzjurávljuvaty) — make holes
• Walloon: trawer — make holes
• Finnish: mennä reikään — go into a hole
• Finnish: ajaa koloon — drive into a hole
• Finnish: lyödä reikään — drive into a hole
• Finnish: panna reikään — drive into a hole
• Bulgarian: издълбавам (izdǎlbavam) — cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes
• Finnish: aukottaa — cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes
• Finnish: rei’ittää — cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes